After Liverpool

By James Saunders




1



M: How do you do?

W: How do you do?

M: We haven’t met. My name is.

W: How do you do?

M: How do you do? I’m a friend of.

W: My name is.

M: How do you do? I come from. I live with.

W: I was born in.

M: How interesting.

W: Not really.

M: I work at. I go to. I drive past. I walk up.

W: That must a bore.

M: Not really. I get up. I run over. I fly past. I come across. I knock back. All grist to the mill.

W: I put over. I take from. I take out, I take out, I take out.

M: Tiresome.

W: Not really.

M: I put on. I put off, I hang up, I run down, I take, from, I. I saw you across the room. I wanted to meet you.

W: Well, here we are.

M: And know we know each other.

W: Not really.

M: Not really.